I don’t miss too many Dragons games. Whether live or on TV or even on the radio I’ll make a serious effort to catch the game each week. I’ve even been known to submit to that unique form of pain – watching a match you’ve recorded earlier that evening even though you already know your [Read more]
Into the Valley of Death……………………….
August 23, 2011 by 6 Comments
by Damian O’Donnell The good people at Down Syndrome Victoria must be Geelong supporters; they organized their annual fund raising day at the Moonee Valley races on the same weekend that the Cats have a bye, meaning of course I can attend Moonee Valley without having my ear to a radio all afternoon. It [Read more]
The most over-used word in footy
August 23, 2011 by 13 Comments
By Domenic Favata Game-plan, formation, style, press, composition, makeup, form, arrangement, configuration, format, ‘spine’, framework, order, STRUCTURE- the most overused word in footy. Exactly what is a structure fellow sports enthusiasts? I believe it is the way a team sets up when they are not in possession of the ball, how they press and [Read more]
You Know
August 22, 2011 by 4 Comments
You Know. Every time I, or a team I coach, make it into finals, about now, when the time is right and the steel has to come out, I tell this story to the squad. Because it was true. Because it hurt. It was my first year at the club. We had only [Read more]
Almanac Rugby League – The worst game ever played
August 22, 2011 by Leave a Comment
I sit in front of my computer embarrassed to be writing my first review for the Almanac on possibly the worst game of the year. 14th versus 16th on the NRL ladder does not necessarily make this a bad game, and you would think that both proud clubs would be trying desperately to avoid the [Read more]
Almanac Rugby League – The Cronulla Curse
August 22, 2011 by Leave a Comment
If there was ever a moment that typified life as a Cronulla supporter, one only had to look at the Sydney Football Stadium last Saturday night in the Sharks’ seemingly meaningless Round 24 encounter with the Headless Chooks. After playing some of their better football in recent weeks, the Sharks had managed to open up [Read more]
THE WRAP – ROUND XXII
August 22, 2011 by 6 Comments
WHERE LIFE IMITATES SPORT What a round it’s been in Footy Eddie. The Hawks led at every change and at the final siren to send the Flags along La Via Lygon to halfmast and consign The Miseries to the Bottom Half of The Eight. The Mighty Adelaide Scarecrows, unable to muster a 100 point demolition [Read more]
Almanac Rugby League – Monday’s closing in
August 22, 2011 by 3 Comments
When you have put The Bear to sleep (no longer able to play) there is nothing better than combining all the Fs at the footy. Family, friends, food, fruit from the vine(s) and fun. No matter where you are when this is locked in place, the footy looks after itself. In today’s match-up, it is [Read more]
Saints Round 21: Going Down the Toilet
August 22, 2011 by 4 Comments
Yvette Wroby’s take on the weekend.
Almanac Rugby League – A sad way to go: Gold Coast v Canberra
August 22, 2011 by Leave a Comment
I thought about taking the train from Bris Vegas to Skilled Stadium at Robina on the Gold Coast with my 12 year old daughter. It would be Alan Tongue’s last game in Queensland and it would nice to say goodbye. Tongue has been our mutual hero for different reasons. I like how he plays every [Read more]
The Footygods: Elpis
August 22, 2011 by 2 Comments
The greeks were funny about hope. Some of them thought that there wasn’t much point having hope because the gods would do you in anyway. Some thought that hope only existed to make your suffering even worse. But they did give hope a minor goddess; Elpis; a young woman who held flowers in her hands. [Read more]
Almanac Rugby League – Loving The Locals: Wests Tigers v Parramatta Eels
August 22, 2011 by Leave a Comment
Loving the Locals Leichhardt life is a peach. “Why?” I hear you ask To say that my wife, Ronnie, is a very committed Tigers would be akin to saying that Pope Benedict XVI is a very committed Roman Catholic. For mine though, where else is it possible to wed a café culture to the rough [Read more]
Almanac Rugby League – The Form Slump
August 22, 2011 by 3 Comments
The once-mighty (often mighty, actually, when you consider the 11 premierships in a row) Dragons are in a slump. The reigning premiers played the very sharp Melbourne Storm outfit on Friday night, in far-off Melbourne town. The slump is about to get deeper. Those close to me would argue that of all the [Read more]
Doggies coaching candidate
August 22, 2011 by Leave a Comment
They say the new skills coach at Footscray may get the top job. http://www.zapiks.fr/share/player.swf?autoStart=true&lang=fr&file=52372
Crio’s Q: WHO’S TO BLAME?
August 22, 2011 by 12 Comments
Andrew Hilditch’s flick has been widely predicted and applauded. Tim Neilson, too, had to fall on his sword. But, amidst the avalanche of approval, there seems to be a question largely ignored. Why did this apparently inevitable call take so long to be made? And….who should cop the blame for their appointments and failures? Who [Read more]
AND THE OSCAR GOES TO…..
August 21, 2011 by 8 Comments
EAGLES V BOMBERS -20 August 2011– byPeter Baulderstone. This was the movie we had been waiting to see. The close contents against the Dockers and Bulldogs were like the Perry Mason courtroom potboilers of my youth, where you always knew that the final plot twist would ensure the good guys won. Then there were [Read more]
VFL: Collingwood v Sandringham
August 21, 2011 by 5 Comments
Pictures by Shane Goss www.licoricegallery.com Action from the VFL clash Collingwood v Sandy.
The unfashionable Ablett returns
August 21, 2011 by Leave a Comment
It’s home and away junk time at Metricon today. The Crows may have finally shrugged a horrible dose of Craig-itis – that cruel affliction that condemns clubs to an endless youth-led rebuilding phase – but they’re still a mile off the pace. And as for the Suns, well, they’re not genuinely a part of things [Read more]
In Success Lies Stress
August 21, 2011 by 11 Comments
West Coast v Essendon Patterson’s Stadium Sat 20 August 2011, round 22 By West Coast Dave Thursday: This is driving me mad. In 1997 Adelaide came from behind at three quarter time in the last game of the year, and I beat JTH to the University of Queensland footy tipping comp grandé prize by [Read more]
THE PATH TO IMMORTALITY IS 2 (or 3) STEPS AWAY
August 21, 2011 by Leave a Comment
When we last spoke I mentioned that the finals series up here in sunny Capricornia was not that far away. Now we are well and truly inside the last month, and this weekend we are back down the highway to face BITS in the reserves 2nd semi-final. For me however it could have been all [Read more]
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